Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis may have been trying to distract from the US right wing’s lovefest for Vladimir Putin on Wednesday when he praised the fighting spirit of Ukraine’s outnumbered military forces.
But the Republican darling and potential 2024 presidential contender left himself open for attack on social media after he tried to do so with an off-colour suggestion that one of America’s oldest allies would not even attempt to mount a defence against a similar invasion.
